Jon Kangwa is a senior associate in WSHB's Chicago office handling complex civil litigation. He handles a variety of practice areas including catastrophic injury, premises, construction, and Illinois Dram Shop Act cases. Jon is a passionate litigator that has won numerous dispositive motions and tried cases to jury verdict.
Jon's previous experience includes working at a boutique defense firm where he specialized in trucking accidents, transportation loses, and toxic tort litigation. He also served the State of Illinois as an Assistant Attorney General. There, he defended government entities from lawsuits pertaining to civil rights and correctional healthcare.
Before becoming a lawyer, Jon was an honors student at the University of Florida where he received his undergraduate degree. He then relocated to Illinois and pursued his law degree from Chicago-Kent. While in law school, he earned the CALI Excellence Award in Trial Advocacy, an award given to the highest scoring student in each law school class. He also appeared on the school’s dean’s list.
Outside of the courtroom, Jon supports community outreach organizations such as Minds Matter Chicago and Horizons for Youth.
Experience
- WSHB Chicago Secures Decisive Victory for Property Management Company with Open and Obvious Defense 1.7.25
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2019)
- University of Florida (BA, 2015)
Licensed to Practice in
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
Mr. Macklin is a licensed Washington Attorney, MBA, experienced executive and business owner. For over a decade, Mr. Macklin has been leading teams in healthcare. Through a combination of agency relationship and reputation building, administrative navigation, and holding enforcement agencies accountable, he has guided teams to achieve previously unseen regulatory and administrative outcomes.
He supports organizations in avoiding compliance issues in health law areas like Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act. Mr. Macklin’s practice helps organizations and providers avoid investigation and prosecution through effective process implementation and legal guidance. When necessary he represents clients in civil defense matters.
As a business owner and previous consultant, Mr. Macklin knows what it takes to operate a successful business. Whether building the foundation for a new launch, priming for expansion, merging or acquiring new operations, winding up, or resolving partner and member disputes, Mr. Macklin knows not only how to guide business to meet their legal obligations, but also how to maximize their business and personal interests in the process.
Settling for a less experience or no experience in actual business operations is selling yourself and your business short of the legal counsel it deserves. Contact Mr. Macklin to strike up a conversation and start a relationship that runs with your business from start to next…
Zac provides efficient and effective service while representing clients on a variety of litigation-related matters.
Zac combines strong personal skills with thorough legal analysis to deliver unique perspectives and solutions to his clients' issues. He has used his diverse skillset to represent clients in contract disputes between closely held businesses, trust and estate litigation, alleged non-compete matters and trade secret violations, internal investigations, and appellate matters in federal and state courts across the country.
Zac spent two summers with Fredrikson as a summer associate and began his career as an associate with the firm. He has also served as a clerk to Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
In his free time, Zac enjoys rooting for the Minnesota Vikings and Saint John's University Football Team (whom he played for during his undergraduate education) and refining his culinary skills by cooking for his friends and family.
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2020
- St. John's University, B.A., 2017
Admissions
- Minnesota, 2021
- U.S. District Court for District of Minnesota, 2022
Clerkships
- Clerk, Judge Tunheim, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2021-2022
- ABA Judicial Clerkship Program, 2020
Erika is an experienced attorney with a strong background in corporate, regulatory, and technology law, offering over eight years of expertise across the financial services and SaaS industries. She has a proven track record of managing complex commercial transactions, overseeing regulatory compliance programs, and providing strategic legal counsel to cross-functional business teams. She combines her deep regulatory insight with practical business judgment, while supporting growth and innovation through thoughtful, solutions-oriented legal counsel.
Erika is now AVP of Foundry Digital, LLC.